squishiest

Adjective

squishy (comparative squishier, superlative squishiest)

1. (literally) Yielding easily to pressure; very soft.
   • The toy was soft and squishy, making it fun to squeeze.
   1. (especially, literally) Soft and wet.
      • Finished with head and hair, the women pulled her up the bank to wash her body, the soft squishy mud registering for the first time on the outer consciousness of Isabelle’s mind.2009, Jamie Carie, Wind Dancer, B&H Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 144
2. (figuratively) Subjective or vague.
   • How does the media love Twitter? Let us count the ways: as a tech platform practically indispensable to the work of newsgathering; as a metrics system designating clear numerical value to once-squishy concepts of popularity and esteem; as a gossip-fueled lunchroom of the elites more or less...April 14 2022, Delia Cai, “Severance, the New York Times’s Twitter Guidelines, and the Forever Illusion of Work-Life Balance”, in Vanity Fair
3. (colloquial, derogatory, figuratively) Politically moderate.
4. (figuratively) Vulnerable to physical damage; having low hit points or defense.
   • Yeah, I’m, like, freaking tissue paper here. Come get the mage, everyone. Pick on the poor squishy mage!2006, Marianne Mancusi, Stake That!, page 28

   Antonyms:

   tanky

5. Making a squish sound.
   • Those darling, squishy little footsteps...Is that you, Punio?2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Boggly Woods

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